Islanders coach Barry Trotz has been named as an assistant coach for the Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team for the Beijing Games in 2022.
Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper, who guided the Lightning to the Stanley Cup in each of the past two seasons, is the head coach for the team. Trotz, Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy and Vegas Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer are the assistants.
Trotz, a two-time winner of Jack Adams Award for the NHL’s Coach of the Year, will be going to his first Olympic Games, though he has coached for Canada in other international competitions.